1. Nicholas J. Goetzfridt, Ph.D.
Professor of Library Science and Micronesian Studies
University of Guam RFK Memorial Library
UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
ngoetzfr@gmail.com
Over 30 years’ experience in information organization and access in instructional, service, and academic
environments coupled with a strong research and publication record focused on information relevancy
and bibliographic enumerations of important social and cultural subjects. I offer quality editing, writing,
and research contributions that capitalize upon this extensive knowledge and experience.
Education
Ph.D., Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997. (Dissertation: “Tacking into
Context: The Roots of LSCA Public Library Services in Micronesia among the Oral Heritages and Changes of an
Ocean World.” University of Wisconsin Madison. December 1997.)
M.L.S. Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986.
M.A. English, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 1981.
B.A. English (Psychology minor), University of Minnesota Duluth, 1977.
Research interests include Pacific bibliographic studies, indigenous epistemologies and western impact,
Guam and Micronesia history, Pacific ethnomathematics, cross cultural studies of information and
knowledge, technology transfer, Pacific library history, communal and indigenous contexts, theory
development in information use.
Particularly interested in professional editing and writing opportunities.
Professional Experience
Professor of Library Science and Micronesian Studies and Collection Development Librarian, RFK Memorial
Library, University of Guam, August 1997 to June 2003 and August 2004 to present.
Regular reference and bibliographic instruction work throughout my tenure at the University of Guam.
Successfully spearheaded the updating of book collections to support all University programs. Cataloged unique
Micronesia and Guam related article and chapter titles to the Micronesian Resources Files, constituting an
approximately 40% increase in the current 3000 title holdings. Teamed with colleagues in project to deselect
underused titles and identifying others for bar coding and to acquire e-resources. Revised collection development
and acquisition policies.
Actively worked with other faculty on the conversion and updating of the library’s electronic public
access/integrated library systems - 2014-2016 - including selection of the library’s ETS system.
Cataloged backlogged materials on Guam and Micronesia culture, archaeology, and society, Richard F. Taitano
Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam, 2016.
Editor, Pacific Asia Inquiry, Issues 4 and 5 (2013 and 2014 - www.uog.edu/pai).
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2. Humanities Scholar and formerly Editor-in-Chief for Guampedia, Guam’s comprehensive online encyclopedia
project. (http://www.guampedia.com/). Initiated and spearheaded Guampedia’s development and intellectual content
and structure. Acquired grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities ($411,000) and the U.S.
Department of the Interior ($129,000) while a Board member of the Guam Humanities Council and as Guampedia
Editor-in-Chief, a position I served in for nine years.
Reference Librarian, University of Guam 1988 to present.
Provided reference services to students, faculty, and the general public. Regularly taught information literacy
classes to a range of courses to increase information literacy and access capacity to electronic and print resources.
Actively participated in learning assessments. Regularly evaluated and updated reference collection.
Visiting Fellow, East West Center, Pacific Islands Development Program and Visiting Colleague, Center for
Islands Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. June 2003 – July 2004.
Acting Dean, RFK Memorial Library, University of Guam, 2000 to 2003.
Associate Dean, Acting, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Guam, August 1998 to August 1999.
Manager, Woodman Astronomical Library, University of Wisconsin Madison, Astronomy Department, May 1996
to June 1997.
Research Assistant, Dictionary of American Regional English Project, University of Wisconsin Madison, January
1985 to January 1986.
Lecturer - English (U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer), University of the South Pacific, Fiji, 1983 to 1985.
Lecturer – English, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1981 to 1982.
Lecturer – English, Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1982.
Lecturer – English, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 1979 to 1981.
Publications
Internet Publications
Wrote numerous www.guampedia.com entries on Guam historical issues and figures including indigenous
navigation, whaling influences, various European adventures and Guam’s first Lieutenant Governor, William
Safford. Interpretative essays on Spanish administration of Guam, Spanish reaction to Chamorro health issues and
depopulation, Carolinians on Guam, and prominent Spanish military commander during the Chamorro/Spanish War,
José de Quiroga y Losada.
Pacific Strata. Journal of Mathematics and Culture, invited paper. Volume 10, Number 2, Forthcoming, 2016.
The Sovereignty of the Line: A Case for the Indigenous Swirl. Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 6, Number 1, 2015.
Editor’s Note – Imperative Thoughts. Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 5, Number 1, 2014, pp. 6-12.
Editor’s Note. Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 4, Number 1, 2013, pp. 6-12.
The Unsuspected Library: Pacific Epistemology and the Unquestioned Acceptance of an American Institution.
Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 4, Number 1, 2013. pp. 66-83.
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3. The Instrument of the Book, the Instrument of the Internet: “Thinking” “Information” in Micronesia. Pacific Asia
Inquiry Volume 4, Number 1, 2013. pp. 109-120.
The Metaphysical Guåhan. In: The 2nd
Marianas History Conference E-publications. Volume Two: Art, Culture and
Sciences, pp. 211-218. Retrieved from: www.guampedia.com/2013-conference-papers.
Pacific Ethnomathematics: The Richness of Environment and Practice. Journal of Mathematics and Culture.
Volume 6, Number 2, March 2012. pp. 223-252.
A History of Guam’s Historiography: The Influence of ‘Isolation’ and ‘Discovery, 2011. Pacific Asia Inquiry
Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 2011. pp. 135-145.
Education and the Internet: On a Potential Road to Nowhere? Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social
Sciences 4(2), 2005. 148-152.
Books
Guåhan: A Bibliographic History. May 2011. University of Hawai’i Press. 630 pp.
Pacific Ethnomathematics: A Bibliographic Study. University of Hawai’i Press, 2008.
Micronesian Histories: An Analytical Bibliography and Guide to Interpretations. (With Karen Peacock) Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press. 2002.
Indigenous Literature of Oceania: A Survey of Criticism and Interpretation. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. (CHOICE Outstanding
Academic Book List.)
Micronesia 1975 1987: A Social Science Bibliography. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Other Publications
Mathematics in Oceania. In: Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western
Cultures, 2nd
edition, 2008. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1420-1425.
’Life in the Round’ and American Libraries in Micronesia. In: Online Education for Lifelong Learning. Hershey, PA
and London: Information Science Publishing, 2007. 253-270.
Pacific Book Epistemologies. Against the Grain 16(5), 2004. 52-54.
Information to Communal Contexts. In: International Librarianship: Cooperation and Collaboration, Frances L.
Carroll and John F. Harvey, editors. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. 227-242.
Micronesia Library Service. In: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Allen Kent, Exeuctive Editor.
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000. 217-229.
Indigenous Literatures: Micronesia. In: The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Brij V. Lal and Kate Fortune, editors.
Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1999. 524-526.
Navigation in the Pacific. In: The Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-
Western Cultures, 1997. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 769-772.
Presentations on information and interpretative issues in Pacific epistemological contexts include:
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4. Lived experience and the Time for Literature in Pacific Spaces. Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Ocean, Pacific
Literature Conference, University of Guam, June, 2016.
The Reality of Imagination: Expanding Ethnomathematical Heritages in the Classroom. Culture & Learning Forum:
Enriching and Contextualizing Teaching and Learning in Pacific Island Settings to Improve Achievement. Guam,
October 19, 2012.
The Instrument of the Book, the Instrument of the Internet: “Thinking” “Information” in the Pacific. Pacific Islands
Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA), Guam, November 15, 2012.
The Illusions of Betrayal: Mudrooroo, Indigenousness and the Stage I Make. Modern Language Association (MLA)
Conference, Seattle. January 7, 2012.
Relevancy of Academic Publications in a Pacific Context. Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and
Museums (PIALA) 22nd
Annual Conference, Holiday Resort & Spa, November 13-16, 2012.
Reflections on a Dedication. Guåhan: A Bibliographic History Book Launch, University of Guam, November 29,
2011.
Pacific Ethnomathematics. Fourth International Conference on Ethnomathematics, Towson, Maryland July 2010.
Atolls and Mountains: The Environmental Foundations for Pacific Ethnomathematics. University of Guam 31st
Annual Research Conference, March 9, 2010.
A History of Guam’s Historiography. 18th
Pacific History Association Conference, December 2008, University of
the South Pacific.
Life in the Round and the History of Libraries in Micronesia. 17 Biennial Conference, Pacific History Association,
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2006.
Service
Member, Institutional Report Writing Team for WASC Accreditation – The Meaning and Integrity of Degrees,
2014-2016.
President, University of Guam Faculty Senate 2012-2015. (Three elected academic year terms.)
Accomplishments include encouraging, overseeing, and shepherding as Senate President final Senate passage and
administrative approval of a new General Education structure and program, participating in the creation and passage
of a University-wide Academic Master Plan, two online Master degree programs, leading Senate evaluation and
passage of numerous program self-study reviews, program changes and many course updates, deletions, and
additions. Other contributions included overseeing updates and changes to Senate Bylaws and Handbook,
participating in the University-wide “Good to Great” performance and change evaluation program (2014-2015), and
addressing faculty and administrators at the beginning of each semester (six presentation) on Faculty Senate goals
and accomplishments, Senate concerns, and my own perception of University issues.
Member, Good to Great Administrative Support Activities Evaluation Team, 2014-2015.
Vice President, University of Guam Faculty Senate 2011-2012.
Chair, Graduate Curricular Review Committee, University of Guam Faculty Senate 2008-2010.
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5. Served on practically all other University-wide Committees.
22nd
Pacific History Association Conference (May 2016) Planning Committee team member and Abstracts Editor,
2015- 2016.
Judge, Guam History Day – 2013-2016.
Consulting Editor, Oceania, The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources, M. P. Battin Editor, Oxford University Press,
2015.
Member, Writing Team: Degree Programs: Meaning, Quality and Integrity of Degrees, University of Guam Re-
Accreditation Report to The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 2014-2015.
Visiting Consultant, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), American Samoa Humanities Council site
evaluation, 2009.
Chair, Guam Humanities Council and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Council, August 2004 to 2006.
Member, Board of Directors, 1998 to 2007. Chair, Grants Review Committee, 1999 to 2004. Immediate Past Chair
member, Executive Committee, Guam Humanities Council, 2006 to 2007.
Senior Affiliate, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Hawai’i (PREL) 2005 -2014.
Chair, University of Guam Accreditation Steering Committee and Editor – Self Study Accreditation Report, 1992-
1994.
References available upon request.
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6. Served on practically all other University-wide Committees.
22nd
Pacific History Association Conference (May 2016) Planning Committee team member and Abstracts Editor,
2015- 2016.
Judge, Guam History Day – 2013-2016.
Consulting Editor, Oceania, The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources, M. P. Battin Editor, Oxford University Press,
2015.
Member, Writing Team: Degree Programs: Meaning, Quality and Integrity of Degrees, University of Guam Re-
Accreditation Report to The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 2014-2015.
Visiting Consultant, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), American Samoa Humanities Council site
evaluation, 2009.
Chair, Guam Humanities Council and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Council, August 2004 to 2006.
Member, Board of Directors, 1998 to 2007. Chair, Grants Review Committee, 1999 to 2004. Immediate Past Chair
member, Executive Committee, Guam Humanities Council, 2006 to 2007.
Senior Affiliate, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Hawai’i (PREL) 2005 -2014.
Chair, University of Guam Accreditation Steering Committee and Editor – Self Study Accreditation Report, 1992-
1994.
References available upon request.
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